Introductory text

Agriculture

Food

Made 6th February 2019

Coming into operation 6th March 2019

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs^f1, being designated^f2 for the purpose of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^f3 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Union and in relation to matters relating to rural development in exercise of the powers conferred under that section 2(2) of and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2^f4 to that Act, makes the following Regulations.

There has been open and transparent public consultation during the preparation of these Regulations as required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f5 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Formerly the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD see Article 3(4) of the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1). DARD was renamed the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs by Article 1(2) of the Departments (Northern Ireland) Act 2016 (2016 c.5 (N.I.)).
f2: S.I. 1972/1811 and S.I. 2000/2812.
f3: 1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7) and is prospectively repealed by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c.16), section 1 (see section 20 of that Act)
f4: 1972 c.68; paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51), section 28 and was amended by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7), the Schedule, Part 1 and is prospectively repealed by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c.16), section 1 from exit day (see section 20 of that Act).
f5: O.J. No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 202/2008 (O.J. No. L60, 4.3.2008, p.17).